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SĂŒdengland 2023 - Tag 25
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Wir verlassen Brighton heute schon wieder. Die Zeit vergeht wieder einmal wie im Flug.
Die erste Etappe fĂŒhrt uns bis zum Saltdean Lido, ein Art-DĂ©co Schwimmbad, das 1938 eröffnet wurde. Die GebĂ€ude rund um den Pool sind typisch fĂŒr das Design der spĂ€ten 1930er Jahre.
Mit seinen eleganten, geschwungenen Linien sieht es eher wie ein stattlicher Ozeandampfer aus, als ein Freibad. An der RĂŒckseite des Strandbades befand sich einst noch ein Bootsbecken. Â
Damals galt es als das innovativste Design seiner Art in GroĂbritannien. Mit seiner Teeterrasse, dem Sonnendeck und dem CafĂ© auf dem Flachdach sowie den markanten geschwungenen FlĂŒgeln an beiden Enden war es das einzige Strandbad, das im Design Museum in London ausgestellt wurde. Â
In jĂŒngster Zeit wurde das Bad einem breiteren Publikum bekannt durch den Film âMy Policemanâ, da hier eine der SchlĂŒsselszenen gedreht wurde.
Zur Zeit werden dort umfangreiche RenovierungsmaĂnahmen durchgefĂŒhrt, von daher war eine Besichtigung, so wie wir uns das wĂŒnschten, nicht möglich.
An der KĂŒste fahren wir nun fĂŒr rund eine Stunde entlang der A 27 nach Osten. Dort biegen wir bei Hastings nach Norden ab. Durch die wunderbare Landschaft von Kent geht es fĂŒr uns in den Ort Tenterden.
Ein paar Kilometer sĂŒdlich von Tenterden ist das Weingut Chapel Down beheimatet. Chapel Down wurde 2001 gegrĂŒndet und ist Englands gröĂter Winzer.
Weinbau auf der kĂŒhlen regnerischen Insel? Das wurde lange belĂ€chelt. Dabei hat GroĂbritannien eine vergleichbar lange Weinbautradition wie andere europĂ€ische Lander, denn die Römer brachten auf ihren EroberungszĂŒgen den Rebstock natĂŒrlich auch nach England. Nur wahrgenommen wurden die BemĂŒhungen auf der Insel nicht.
Das lag unter anderem daran, dass bis vor noch wenigen Jahrzehnten fast ausschlieĂlich Hobbywinzer auf ein paar Hektar Weinberge Wein als Zeitvertreib herstellten.Â
Das hat sich im ausgehenden 20. und dem Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts drastisch geĂ€ndert. Auslöser ist tatsĂ€chlich der Klimawandel, der die Durchschnittstemperatur auf der Insel um ein Grad ansteigen lieĂ, hinzu kommt der mildernde Einfluss des Golfstroms.Â
Im SĂŒden Englands, in den Grafschaften Essex und Kent und herrscht heute ein Klima wie in der Champagne vor 30 oder 40 Jahren. Und die Gegend besteht aus eben jenem Kalkgestein, dass den Weinen der Champagne wie auch jenen aus Chablis ihren unverwechselbaren Charakter verleihen.Â
Die RebflĂ€chen sind in den letzten 20 Jahren im SĂŒden Englands geradezu explodiert und umfassen heute bereits fast 4.000 Hektar. Angebaut werden in erster Linie Chardonnay, Pinot Noir und Pinot Meunier, aus denen nach der traditionellen Methode der FlaschengĂ€rung international absolut konkurrenzfĂ€hige Schaumweine erzeugt werden.Â
Allein die Produktion dieser âBritish Sparklingsâ macht zwei Drittel der Gesamtproduktion aus. Der Rest entfĂ€llt auf Stillweine aus Chardonnay, aber auch aus Bacchus oder Schönburger. FĂŒr anspruchsvolle Rotweine ist das Klima indes noch nicht warm genug.
Chapel Down besitzt zwei Weinberge, den Hauptweinberg mit 23 Hektar RebflÀche in Tenterden und einen zweiten in Kit's Coty, der den Schaumweintrauben vorbehalten ist: Chardonnay und Pinot Noir. Die Weine von Chapel Down erhielten im Laufe der Jahre mehrere Auszeichnungen, die die QualitÀt ihrer Produkte bescheinigten.
Wer einfach nur einen angenehmen Spaziergang unternehmen möchte, besorgt sich im Shop eine kostenlose Karte, auf der eine Reihe von Wanderwegen aufgefĂŒhrt sind, die sich kreuz und quer ĂŒber das 68 Hektar groĂe Anwesen erstrecken.Â
Um jedoch einen Einblick in die eher technischen Aspekte des Prozesses zu erhalten, von der Ernte bis zur AbfĂŒllung, muss natĂŒrlich an einer FĂŒhrung (ca. 1 Stunde und 15 Minuten) teilnehmen, die in das Weingut selbst fĂŒhrt und am Ende eine Verkostung unter Anleitung anbietet.
Im zugehörigen Verkaufsraum werden alle Chapel Down Produkte verkauft. Wenn man sich nicht entscheiden kann, kann man bei einem Mini-Tasting je drei Weine fĂŒr 10 £ verkosten.
Der Shop verkauft auch lokal produzierte Kekse, Cracker, KĂ€se, Chutneys und Anderes passend zum Wein.
Um das Ganze abzurunden, gibt es noch ein Restaurant, das Swan im Chapel Down, wo GĂ€ste moderne britische KĂŒche genieĂen können, mit Blick auf die Weinberge rundherum.
Und fĂŒr diejenigen, die schon immer davon getrĂ€umt haben, einen eigenen Weinberg zu besitzen, könnte das angebotene Weinleasing-Programm die Antwort sein. Vielleicht das nĂ€chste Geschenk fĂŒr einen lieben Menschen?
Das Weingut ist das ganze Jahr ĂŒber tĂ€glich fĂŒr Besucher geöffnet. Eine Voranmeldung ist jedoch dringend empfohlen, da man hier auch auf gröĂere Gruppen eingestellt ist.
Wir hatten die gemischte Picknickplatte fĂŒr 25 ÂŁ uns vorbestellt. Die darf man dann, Ă€hnlich wie wir es von den sĂŒdafrikanischen WeingĂŒtern kennen, auf einem PlĂ€tzchen seiner Wahl auf dem GelĂ€nde verspeisen. Dazu natĂŒrlich noch ein leckeres GetrĂ€nk aus dem hiesigen Anbau. Manchmal kann das Leben einfach nur schön sein!
Sauer aufgestoĂen ist uns allerdings der umfangreiche Einsatz von Einweggeschirr. Auch wenn statt Plastik, Pappe und Holzbesteck ausgegeben werden - dafĂŒr werden mehr Ressourcen verbraten, als fĂŒr Plastik, lediglich die Entsorgung ist (vielleicht) weniger bedenklich.
Und dass man in einem Laden mit solch einem Anspruch die Weine in PlastikglĂ€sern ausgibt, fanden wir ebenfalls eher so naja. Micha hat unser Missfallen darĂŒber auch zum Ausdruck gebracht, woraufhin uns der anschlieĂende Schaumwein dann in richtigen GlasglĂ€sern ausgeschenkt wurde.
Nach der Picknick-Pause (und einem kleinen Sonnenbrand) geht es wieder auf die Piste, weiter in Richtung Osten.
Nach rund einer Stunde erreichen wir Dover und nach weiteren 20 Minuten die kleine Stadt Deal, unsere letzte Station dieser Reise.
Unsere Ferienwohnung befindet sich dieses Mal in einer stattlichen Villa, im Souterrain. Dort unten war in frĂŒheren Zeiten das Dienstpersonal untergebracht, heute sind es die Touristen.
Good Night!
Angie, Micha und Mr. Bunnybear (HasenbÀr)
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"A sacred guardian" A Series of Small Offerings - IV/1 - day33
#a series of small offerings#sleep token fanart#levynn tries to draw#i had this thing in my head since i put together the small offerings challenge#that was in last november#so this was cooking in my brain for some time now#this was the only one i had a very clear idea for what i wanted#the only thing wasn't set in stone was what runes i want to put on him#this is my sistine chapel#this is the peak#we only gonna go down from here#hope you like it because i worked on this pretty much all day and i've never been this happy or satisfied with anything i ever did probably#and yes this is one of my standard ca. 13 cm tall drawings as per usual before anyone asks#also yes Darya you guessed it that was the tmbte moon rising on the missing limbs one#sleep token#vessel fanart#vessel i#i sleep token#sleep token i#vessel sleep token#sleep token vessel#sleep token band#sleeptoken#levynn tries to think
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Hello, hello! Have some festive Nordics!
When December rolls around, it's time to have a formal Christmas dinner with friends and family. Or attending one organized by your workplace or hobby club! While the name varies between the countries, the traditions are pretty much the same; eating a hefty Christmas meal, singing together, playing party games, and of course lots of drinking; leading to the unspoken rule of "What happens in Julebord stays in Julebord"
#haven't had time to post so i decided to go all out! hope you like it!#hws denmark#hws finland#hws iceland#hws norway#hws sweden#hws nordics#hetalia#my art#this is by far the biggest piece I have done so we will see how tumblr decides to upload this image#you could fill up a chapel ceiling with these canvas sizes I'm using jfc. i need to calm down next time
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wolfwood redraws (ID in alt text)
#nicholas d wolfwood#trigun#trigun maximum#tw blood#going to be talking vol 9 spoilers in here pls do not read if u have not read it!!#wolfwood my beloved. he's such a battle genius with such strong survival instincts and incentive to fight. it makes me so sad but also#it's just the way he's been able to live for as long as he has [explodes]#midvalley calling him a demon/devil (iforget which word) and livio being like âvictory seems impossibleâ when faced against him aughhh AUGH#he's clearly not invincible - vol 8 proved that when he almost did get beat if not for vash swooping back in... but the way he carries#the battles really makes it feel like it. especially whenever he ârevivesâ for the sake of protecting another person. i.e. him getting#back up to defeat livio - him battered and worn from the fight but then pushing his body to get up when chapel aimed at the orphanage#and then despite the blood gushing out of him he still regained cautiousness to defend razlo at the end.... ugh.... ugh.....#anyway... i love how nightow draws ww - these were fun to do. ive been meaning to do these redraws esp from vol 9/10#and maybe ill go back to do redraws from his previous fights. all and all i just need to get down how he uses the punisher properly#ruporas art
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Emmrich is fastidious in his grooming habits and wouldnât be caught dead (lol) looking anything other than his best at all times, but donât let that fool you into thinking heâs afraid to get dirty: the man works with the deceased. Embalming people requires a strong stomach. If anything heâs the one stepping up to deal with the bag of extremely rotten carrots that fell behind the shelf in the pantry and remained there for a month before the smell got so bad *someone* had to deal with it.
It makes his entire DAY when the gang stumbles upon a corpse thatâs been dead for awhile and heâs going, âThe advancement of tissue gas at this stage of decomposition has turned his skin that striking chartreuse colour - if you gently press on it you can actually feel the bubbles snapping under the dermis! Give me your hand, Rook!â
Meanwhile everyone else is gagging or actually throwing up because of the smell alone - never mind the green bloated dead guy.
#emmrich#emmrich volkarin#dragon age#dragon age emmrich#veilguard#datv#the man loves gross things letâs be real#i just had a tissue gas memory and thought of this#her cremation paperwork was delayed so we had to wait to cremate her#our lead embalmer was at the chapel because i needed his help with a visitation that wasnât looking good#and he smelled the tissue gas lady from upstairs and practically ran down to the crem#just to take the lid off her container and give me a lecture about tissue gas#the lecture uh⊠stuck#as did the smell
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folks you are not ready
none of you are ready for the spirk first meeting
#when i tell you i screamed#literally also tbe first time jim sees spock heâs watching him play chess and talks to uhura as the#star trek#spock#jim kirk#james t kirk#spirk#THE STARES???? THEY WAY THEY LOOK#also the handshake we arenât gonna ignore the fact that vulcans are touch telepaths no?#snw honey you still have time to improve#now all i want is to SEE SPOCK AND JIM PLAYING CHESS#bc spock and chapel playing chess was the most drawing thing ive seen so far i skipped it#space husbands#the premise#kirk/spock#k/s#sâchn tâgai spock#pls now make them keep contact pls#i will go down with this ship
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"Miss Chapel-"
"My name is Christine, Mr. Spock."
"I know... Christine."
#I just liked the way he was lying down sjdks#star trek#star trek tos#christine chapel#nurse chapel#spock
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âI donât need you.â
It sounded less grounded than the villain had wanted it to. It sounded like something someone had told them to say, and they were just repeating it with half hearted determination. They said it again, âI donât need you.â
âNo,â the hero agreed. They were grinning. âYou donât.â
The villain floundered. They, in all honesty, wanted a fight. To prove something, they supposed. That they really didnât need the hero. That they werenât in the wrong, here. âWhat?â
âI said,â the hero said slowly, and the beginnings of a grin curled at the edges of their mouth. âYou donât need me.â
âI donât need you,â the villain repeated, and the hero nodded encouragingly. It just made the villain want to hit them.
The hero lounged against the doorframe, halfway in and halfway out of their apartment. And truly, that was the worst bit of it allâthe hero wasnât showing up outside the villainâs house, or driving by the villainâs work to see if they truly looked happier without them. But the villain was.
They wanted to scream, and kick, and throw plates onto the ground.
âLeave me alone.â
But they couldnât say that, because the hero had. They had cut contact and blocked numbers and ignored the villainâs car as it went by. Still, the villain felt haunted. As if they would never be clean of the hero, parts of their soul forever dirtied by it all.
The heroâs smile, and the way their voice sounded when they knew the villain would cave to their wishes.
They just wanted the hero toâ
âLeave me alone.â It slipped out against their better judgement. From the way the heroâs grin widened, they knew it had been the worst thing they could have said.
âDarling, I have,â the hero said, their tone saccharine. Pitying. âYouâre the one outside of my apartment.â
It felt like being burned alive, the frustration of it. The way it rose in their chest but had nowhere to go, leaving them shaking with nothing and everything trapped under their tongue.
âThatâs not what I meant and you know thatââ
âWhat, you miss me that bad? I thought youââ
âShut up,â the villain snapped. The hero raised an eyebrow.
âItâs eating you alive, isnât it?â They sounded pleased.
âItâs not,â the villain protested.
âI told you, you donât need me.â
âI know,â the villain grit out.
âBut you want me.â
Something in the villainâs brain stalled.
âExcuse me?â
âYou donât need me. You never have,â the hero said it like it was a fact. âYou want me, though. Even as the sound of my name burns you, and the memory of me rots in your mouth, youâre going to want me.â
âYouâre wrong.â
âAm I?â The heroâs voice dropped to a whisper. âYou can go out to every bar in this city, kiss a hundred people who look like me and get just drunk enough to forget youâre not mine anymoreâbut youâre never going to stop missing me.â
The hero knew, of course they did, how hard the villain had tried to forget it entirely. The disaster they had become trying to be clean again.
âNo matter how many shots you take to block out the memory of me, youâll always be mine.â
âYouâre insane,â the villain finally managed. The hero simply tipped their head to the side in acknowledgement. âThatâs not-whatâs wrong with youââ
âYouâre the one who misses me.â
It stung, deep in the villainâs stomach. It took them too long to remember how to breatheâtoo long after that to think of what to say.
âIf Iâm lucky, I wonât ever have to see you again,â their voice quivered, slightly. âBut knowing us, the next time we meet it will be in hell.â
The hero laughed and closed the door in their face.
The villain blocked them. Avoided the side of town the worked in. Moved three cities over.
It didnât matter.
The villain could still feel the hero under their skin.
Later, whenever someone would ask, âHave you ever been haunted?â
The villain would think back to the hero.
And say, âYes.â
#writing#writing community#creative writing#snippet#heroes and villains#angst#fic writing#ficlet#writblr#hero x villain#hero/villain#toxic hero#toxic relationship#emotional whump#hero whumper#yes this is inspired by chapel roan#toxic love#original writing#young writer#villain whumpee#sorry guys Iâve been busy being sapphic#and with graduating and prom and finals and bleh#everything after this is just me being desperately poetic so proceed with caution#yes it is possible to go find a tiny fruit stand and sit on the shore of the river and eat them together#and yes you both can laugh and wade into the water and she can hold your hand because youâre barefoot and sheâs in sandals#and the rocks hurt#and you pick the best ones to give to her and propose marriage every time#and yes she says yes every time and finds rocks to give to you too#and yes she can make a playlist of your favorite music specifically for when your in her car#sorry yall im down bad
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I am a Spapel.
But Spirks: You ushered in the golden age of AO3, and youâre so real for enjoying that hand-shake in SNW 2x06.
Chapel x MâBenga folks: MâBenga is so underrated; I see you and I love you.
Chapel x Ortegas girlies: Youâre so, so right, preach to the bi choir.
Spuhura enjoyers: 10 y/o me watching Zachary Quinto & Zoe Saldana was right there with you, and Celia & Ethan bleed so much talent, I sincerely understand.
Countless others: Love yourselves and I love you too.
I am a Spapel.
But I am a Spapel of Peace đđ»
Edit: This post feels very relevant
#we call them âship warsâ#but letâs lay down our arms & all enjoy together#star trek snw#star trek strange new worlds#star trek tos#star trek the original series#snw spock#tos spock#spapel#spock x chapel#spock x christine#chapel x m'benga#chapel x ortegas#spuhura#spock x uhura#star trek spirk#snw spirk#spirk#nurse christine chapel#christine chapel#erica ortegas#nyota uhura#lieutenant uhura#uhura#cadet uhura#snw uhura#tos uhura#star trek uhura#joseph mâbenga
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The way Iâm like âI recognize that Marisol is a plot device and is around to get Eddie where he needs to go to ultimately get off his own hamster wheel, and also that it would be bad and lazy writing to have them break up at this point without showing the audience whyâ but also âgod I am not your strongest soldierââŠyeahâŠ
#chapel for ts#911 spoilers#the duality of man#the way I actually appreciate them doubling down on hey Eddie is attracted to women but also I would simply like to not
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This former church in the foreground is now I believe the oldest building still standing in the city. It was built in 500-something in a former pagan necropolis.
#nantes#chapelle st etienne#basilique st donatien st rogatien#martyrs#the northmen actually burned down the bigger church in the background
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OMG!!! THIS EPISODE WAS EVERYTHING!!!!
It was fun, emotional, and serious when it needed to be. It was the kind of episode you would want to rewatch even years later.
Stop reading right now if you don't want to get spoiled...
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All the characters brought some fantastic performances. But Ethan Peck and Jess Bush killed it! They were both outstanding.
Ethan Peck's transition from a struggling half Vulcan half human to a %100 human who's fast pacing his teenage period and back to Vulcan-Human was incredible to watch.Â
Jess Bush had some amazing moments. Chapel pouring her heart out to the ancient Alien to save Spock brought tears to my eyes. When she told the annoying Vulcan that the fellowship wasn't ready for her? I screamed "YAAASSSS GIRL!"âŠ
And of course the last scene with Spock and Chapel. WOW⊠JUST WOW⊠It was so powerful!
Look, I know chemistry is subjective and all but come on people. Spock and Chapel are one of those ships that have sizzling chemistry! Ethan and Jess have it!Â
And I also have to mention Anson Mount too coz Pike's facial expressions were hilarious. This guy can do drama, action and comedy too! I would really love to see him doing more comedy in the future.Â
There are so many Spapel bits from this episode that I want to talk about but I need to rewatch the episode first⊠So watch this spaceâŠ
#best episode of the season#i can't wait to rewatch it#well done SNW#star trek snw#star trek strange new worlds#strange new worlds#snw spoilers#spock#christine chapel#spapel#chapel x spock#spock x chapel#spock and chapel#i will go down with this ship
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movie touga makes me so beyond insane. the way he got to inhabit the role of the doomed prince exactly like dios did in the series and died in the same senseless sacrificial way while someone he loved begged him to save himself. the way he suffered and suffered and was so brutalized and still somehow stayed gentle enough to drown for a girl he didnt even know. a version of touga that held onto his kindness and nobility and never turned bitter and hard in order to survive. so he died.
#đ#utena#touga kiryuu#worst boy on campus#theres ofc more to say here about how he stayed trapped in this stupid gendered dichotomy btwn dominator (destroys) / prince (is destroyed)#but personally i do read the film as related to the series canon and like. imo this is who series touga wanted to be ultimately#he wanted to suffer the same agonies and then be utena's hero and die stupid and tragic and loved#he wanted to hold her in the chapel and tell her how much he cared instead of walking away completely unable to comfort her#but series touga just couldn't be that person. his life already happened a different way#he didnt want to survive. deep down he just wanted to be good and die. LIKE A MORON#i just. GOD. IT'S SO STUPID. BUT I LOVE HIM SO MUCH#fucking idiot who lacks the imagination to conceptualize himself surviving outside of patriarchal norms so he just wants to die for a woman!
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guys did you know that uhh. fucking bloodborne
#i know i said i found a new game to obsess over with lethal company#however. i think bloodborne is activating all my neurons#i played for like five or six hours today n iâve got two bosses down and more of yharnam to explore#also i have to go kill that guy shooting a railgun at me from the chapel roof or something#ANYWAYS. ouvhfhdhhh#i already know a bit of lore about lady maria and the doll which btw iâm obsessed. itâs so fucked up i love it#but i need to know More. i need to know all about this world and consume it like i did with elden ring#aghhhaghsgsh. how does it feel to watch me explode over a new fixation in real time?#but alas. itâs eepy time so i must sneep. but iâll be back!#xav shouts into da void
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Iâve enjoyed the comedic ways you can die in bg3 itâs v fun
#first time I died was after the crash and talking to the mindflayer#rip to shadowheart there too#next was at the chapel where there was a rock over a cracked dias on the ground#so I cut the rope down and. rip to astarion and shadowheart#owen plays bg3#I know itâs a dnd game and Iâm glad they did embrace the comedy that comes with fucking around and finding out#by allowing stupid stuff like this to happen#also rip to barcus wroot I didnât realize there were two levers#I did reload after having a good long laugh about it
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Spock and Chapel is gonna end SOOOOO badly and I for one am so EXCITED
#BARK BARK SPACE SOAP OPERA BARK BARK#itâs so messy I love it#theyâre gonna go down in flames and look hot doing it â€ïž#Star Trek#star trek strange new worlds#st snw#strange new worlds#snw#christine chapel#spock
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